City Profile • Local Authority

Sheffield

Sheffield is a local authority district comprising 21 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £236k, reflecting a upward trend of 0.8% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 104 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

566,242
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

21 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Sheffield authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English74.5%
Pakistani5.0%
White: Other White3.6%
African3.3%
Arab1.6%
Any other ethnic group1.5%

Age Profile

20-24 years9.1%
25-29 years7.3%
30-34 years7.0%
15-19 years6.7%
50-54 years6.5%
35-39 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional23.2%
Associate professional12.1%
Elementary occupations11.4%
Skilled trades9.8%
Caring and leisure9.6%
Managers and directors9.4%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright31.0%
Owned: Mortgage27.3%
Private rented: Landlord16.8%
Social rented: Council15.6%
Social rented: Other7.0%
Private rented: Other1.9%

Area DNA

health8/10
safety3/10
transit9/10
investment9/10